A-rach´ne, a maiden skilled in weaving, changed to a spider by Minerva for daring to compete with her, [108]-[111].

Ar-ca´di-a, a country in the middle of Peloponnesus, surrounded on all sides by mountains, [9], [34], [138], [280].

Ar´ca-dy, star of, the Pole-star, [33].

Ar´cas, son of Jupiter and Callisto, [34].

Archer, constellation of the, [40].

Ar´den, forest of, [661], [667], [668], [703].

A-re-op´a-gus, court of the, at Athens, [235].

A´res, called Mars by the Romans, the Greek god of war, and one of the great Olympian gods, [7].

Ar-e-thu´sa, nymph of Diana, changed to a fountain, [55]-[56], [58].

Ar´gius, king of Ireland, father of Isoude the Fair, [453].